1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend?

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

I don't know what I'd do without you guys.

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite at leisure.

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?